Safety-pocket for garments.



J. SHERMAN.

SAFETY POCKET FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1913v 1,071,268. Patented Aug".26,1913.

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2M 5 M M #AAtty JACOB SHERMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YGRK.

SAFETY-POCKET FO'R GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26,1913.

Application filed January 3, 1913. Serial No. 739,928.

To aZZ 'LU/LOWL 2'25 may concern Be it known that I, JAcon SHERMAN, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at 1808 Prospect-Place, Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pockets forGarments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a novel form of safety pocket for garments.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a capacious garmentpocket which shall be so constructed that any attempt at unauthorizedremoval of articles therefrom may be readily detected and. frustrated.

A further object is to provide a pocket which shall be divided into aplurality of compartments or divisions, of which one compartment,preferably the outer one, will be readily accessible while the innercompartment, or compartments, will be protected by any suitable guard,such as a flap which may be removably secured over the mouth of theinner pocket compartment or compartments.

Other objects and advantages of the invention, and. its detail structurewill be clearly disclosed in the following specification, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a frontelevational view of my novel form of pocket, a part of the front fabricor material being broken away; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of thepocket in distended position; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view takensubstantially on the line 33 of F 1; Fig. 1 is a view, similar to Fig.3, of a modified form of the invention in which a plurality ofcompartments are designed to be protected by a guard; and Fig. 5 is asimilar view of a further modified. form in which a plurality ofcompartments are designed to remain uncovered.

lcty novel form of pocket may be made of any desired material, such asfabric or the like and, as shown in the drawing and particularly Figs. 1to 3 thereof, it includes the web 10 forming one wall, to the upper partof which is secured the guard 11, which is shown as a fabric flapsecured to the web 10 by the line of stitching 12. Arranged parallel tothe web 10 is a second web 13 which shorter than the web 10 and is secured to the latter by the line of stitching 14. The space between thewebs or walls 10 and 13 forms the pocket or compartment 15 designed tobe protected by the guard 11.

rittached to the upper end of the wall 13 by the line of stitches 16 isa fabric web 17 which, with the web 18 sewed to the web 17 at 19, formsthe second pocket or compartment 20 which may be left open, except as itmay he covered by the usual pocket flap iwhich is ordinarily sewed to agarment.

The several webs or walls 10, 13, 1'? and 18 are parallel to each otherand secured togethcr by lines of stitches as described. The walls 10 and18 are longer or higher than the intermediate walls, in order that saidwalls 1.0 and 18 may be sewed to opposite parts of the material of thegarment in which the pocket is placed.

The guard member above referred to is preferably formed as a fabric flapl1, sewed at 12 to the wall 10 near the upper end thereof. In order thatthe guard 11 may be removably secured over the pocket compartment 15, Iprovide suitable engaging means on the flap and the wall 17. Theengaging means may be of any suitable construction, that shown in thedrawing comprising a button 23 on the wall 17 and a button hole 24formed approximately in the center of the flap 11 near the outer edgethereof.

The outer compartment 20 may be used to receive articles ofcomparatively little value to which quick access is desired. The innercompartment 15 may contain more valuable objects, which may be guardedagainst unauthorized removal by buttoning the flap 11 to the button 28,thus covering the mouth of the pocket 15. If an attemptbe made to pickthe pocket, only the outer pocket 20 will be readily accessible, andeven if the pickpocket should know of the inner compartment 15, themanipulation necessary to free the guard flap 11 from the button 28would suflice to warn the wearer of the attempt at pocket picking.

The modified forms of the invention shown in Figs. 4: and 5, correspondin essential principles and features of construction with the preferredform. In Fig. 4 there are two inner compartments 15 and 15 the mouths ofwhich are adapted to be covered by the guard flap 11, having the buttonhole 24' designed to engage the button 23 which projects into the outeror unguarded pocket 20. In. Fig. 5 there are two inner compartments 1515 and two outer or un guarded compartments 20, 20. The flap 11,provided with the button hole 2%, is designed to engage the button 23*which projects into the compartment '20. The manner of using themodified forms of pocket is the same as the manner of using thepreferred form, and a separate description thereof is deemedunnecessary.

hat I claim is 1. A safety pocket, embodying therein an inner and anouter wall, intermediate walls shorter than said inner and outer walls,all of said walls being connected together alternately at their upperand lower edges a flap secured to said inner wall near its upper edge,securing means formed in said flap near the lower edge thereof and meanson one of said intermediate walls near its lower edge for engaging thesecuring means formed in said flap.

2. A safety pocket embodying therein an inner and an outer wall,intermediate walls shorter than said inner and outer walls, the upperedges of said intermediate walls being connected together, the loweredges of said intermediate walls being connected to the lower edges ofsaid inner and outer walls, respectively, a flap secured to the innerface of said inner wall near its upper edge, securing means formed insaid flap near the lower edge thereof and means on one of saidintermediate walls near its extreme lower edge for engaging the securingmeans formed in said flap.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JACOB SHERMAN.

Vitnesses O'r'ro MUNK, JULE ZELEUTO.

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